CONCACAF announces fixtures for Under-20 Group B Qualification

CONCACAF announced today the fixtures for Group B of the CONCACAF Under-20 Final Round Qualification that will take place at Estadio Francisco Morazan in San Pedro Sula, Honduras from 26-30 January 2005.

Honduras, who is hosting its third overall CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying event, will greet Canada, Jamaica and Mexico at Group B that will qualify two teams to the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in Netherlands.

CONCACAF U-20 Group B begins on 26 January, when Mexico meets Canada at 17:00, while Honduras faces Jamaica at 19:00. Two days later, Jamaica takes on Mexico at 17:00, while Honduras greets Canada at 19:00.

The U-20 Group B Final Round concludes on 30 January, when Canada faces Jamaica at 14:00 and then Honduras host Mexico at 16:00.

The other two CONCACAF representatives to the FIFA Youth Tournament will come from CONCACAF U-20 Group A as Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba/Trinidad & Tobago and the host, USA compete in at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California from 12-16 January 2005.

From 1962 - 1996, CONCACAF staged 16 Under-20 Tournaments with a winner being crowned in each. Eleven of the CONCACAF tournaments (1976 - 1996) doubled as qualifiers to the FIFA World Youth Championships. In 1998, the U-20 CONCACAF event became a Final Round Qualification consisting of two groups of four, each in a different venue, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the FIFA World Youth Championship.